1.
If something turns out a particular way, it happens in that way or has the result or degree of success indicated.
If I had known my life was going to ~ like this, I would have let them kill me...
Sometimes things don’t ~ the way we think they’re going to...
I was positive things were going to ~ fine.
= work out
PHRASAL VERB: V P prep, V P n, V P adj
2.
When you are commenting on pleasant weather, you can say that is has turned out nice or fine, especially if this is unexpected. (BRIT SPOKEN)
It’s turned out nice again.
PHRASAL VERB: it V P adj
3.
If something turns out to be a particular thing, it is discovered to be that thing.
Cosgrave’s forecast turned out to be quite wrong...
It turned out that I knew the person who got shot.
PHRASAL VERB: V P to-inf, it V-ed P that
4.
When you ~ something such as a light or gas, you move the switch or knob that controls it so that it stops giving out light or heat.
I’ll just play until the janitor comes round to turn the lights out.
= turn off
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)
5.
If a business or other organization turns out something, it produces it.
They have been turning out great blades for 400 years.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
6.
If you turn someone out of a place, especially the place where they have been living, you force them to leave that place.
Surely nobody would suggest turning him out of the house...
It was previously a small monastery but the authorities turned all the monks out.
= throw out
PHRASAL VERB: V n P of/from n, V n P, also V P n (not pron)
7.
If you ~ the contents of a container, you empty it by removing them or letting them fall out.
Turn out the dough on to a floured surface...
Turn the plants out of their pots.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P of/from n, also V n P
8.
If people ~ for a particular event or activity, they go and take part in it or watch it.
Thousands of people turned out for the funeral...
It was no wonder the fans turned out. The matches yielded 259 goals.
PHRASAL VERB: V P for n, V P
9.
see also turnout , turned out